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Books like The Lightbringer Trilogy: 9 series to read next

The Lightbringer Trilogy is epic fantasy, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

The Lightbringer Trilogy is 3 books, 1996–1999.

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Sword of Truth
World of Ice and Fire
The Riftwar
Malazan
Memory, Sorrow & Thorn
Tolkien's legendarium
The Circle of the World
Grishaverse
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

Sword of TruthUniverse

universe27 books1994

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Truth is a blade, and it cuts the hand that grips it carelessly.”
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World of Ice and FireUniverse

universe19 books1980

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about war and political intrigue, set in secondary world.

“Winter is coming, and the men who forget it die first.”
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The RiftwarUniverse

universe44 books1982

Epic fantasy and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“On the world of Midkemia a tear opens in the air itself, a rift hung between stars, and through it march the armies of an empire from another world entirely.”
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MalazanUniverse

universe36 books1999

“Pity the historian who tries to map this world; pity more the god who thinks he rules it.”
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Memory, Sorrow & ThornUniverse

universe14 books1988

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Winter comes to Osten Ard out of its season, and behind the cold rides something older than the kingdoms of men.”
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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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The Circle of the WorldUniverse

universe29 books2006

Grimdark.

“What sets it apart is the honesty of its cynicism — close, sardonic points of view, gallows humour, and a flat refusal to let anyone stay clean.”
from the catalogue description

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GrishaverseUniverse

universe19 books2012

“Saints are canonized here the way soldiers are buried elsewhere — quietly, and too often.”
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Thomas Covenant the UnbelieverSeries

seriesStephen R. Donaldson11 books1977

Epic fantasy and fantasy, dark in tone, about quests, set in secondary world.

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Why these

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Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

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What should I read after The Lightbringer Trilogy?: Sword of Truth — the closest match to The Lightbringer Trilogy on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with The Lightbringer Trilogy?: The Forging of the Shadows. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for The Lightbringer Trilogy.
How big is The Lightbringer Trilogy?: The Lightbringer Trilogy is 3 books, 1996–1999.

Books like The Lightbringer Trilogy: 9 series to read next

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